Shelling of Donetsk region: 6 dead and 21 injured in 24 hours

Friday, 8 July 2022, 08:29

IRYNA BALACHUK — FRIDAY, 8 JULY 2022, 08:29

Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast has killed 6 people and injured 21 more in just one day.

Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Kyrylenko: "Russia is killing civilians! On 7 July, the Russians killed 6 civilians in the Donetsk region: in Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Avdiivka, Siversk, Pokrovske and Orlivka. Another 21 people were injured."

Details: At least 583 civilians in total have been killed and at least 1,517 others have been injured in Donetsk Oblast since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Kyrylenko emphasised that it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

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